(May 2009, BW Kampa hotel, Prague)
The eight-game match in rapid chess, where the best Czech chess player David Navara will play against grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk, who belongs to the absolute world chess top, is to take place between 27th to 31st May 2009 at Best Western Kampa hotel in Prague. Forty years old Vassily Ivanchuk has been among the world top players for the last twenty years. As per 1st January 2009 rated this most successful Ukrainian grandmaster third in the world chart. The match of grandmasters Navara and Ivanchuk is the main attraction of the chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009, which is held by a civic association Prague Chess Society. All games will be commented on for the audience by the Czech-American grandmaster, Lubomír Kaválek. All games will be shown on-line. The match will be complemented by a chess simul and by lectures by grandmasters Lubomír Kaválek, Vlastimil Hort and Ján Plachetka. The chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009 is held in a partnership with the capital city Prague.